JODIE FOSTER (Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway) won Academy
Awards for Best Actress for both "The Accused" and "The Silence
of the Lambs." She starred in and made her motion-picture directorial
debut with the acclaimed "Little Man Tate," which she followed
behind the camera with "Home for the Holidays," which she also
produced.
Foster's recent starring credits include "Nell" (on which she
also served as producer), "Maverick" and "Sommersby."
She made her first feature, "Napoleon and Samantha," at the age
of eight and became widely known for her early performances in "Alice
Doesn't Live Here Anymore" in 1975 and "Taxi Driver" in 1976,
for which she earned her first Oscar nomination. Her additional films include
"Bugsy Malone," "Tom Sawyer," "Freaky Friday,"
"Foxes," "The Hotel New Hampshire," "The Blood
of Others," "Siesta," "Stealing Home," "Five
Corners," and "Shadows and Fog."
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY (Palmer Joss) vaulted to the forefront of in-demand
leading actors with his acclaimed performance this summer in Joel Schumacher's
"A Time to Kill" opposite Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson and
Kevin Spacey. Representing McConaughey's first leading film role, "A
Time to Kill" went on to become a smash hit, earning more than $100
million in the United States alone, and confirmed the actor's bankable star
quality.
McConaughey also appeared this summer in John Sayles' "Lone Star."
His other notable roles include standout performances in "Dazed and
Confused" and "Boys on the Side." McConaughey was most recently
seen this fall in the comedy "Larger than Life" with Bill Murray.
JOHN HURT (S.R. Hadden) has been consistently honored for his work
on stage, screen and television. After making his American film debut with
an Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in "Midnight
Express," he was again nominated for an Academy Award for "The
Elephant Man."
Among Hurt's more than 40 other films are "A Man for All Seasons,"
"Alien," "The Osterman Weekend," "Champions,"
"Scandal," "1984," "The Field," "Rob
Roy" and "Wild Bill." This year alone, Hurt starred in three
independent films: "Love and Death on Long Island," "Brute"
and "The Climb." He won a British TV Best Actor Award for his
role as Quentin Crisp in Masterpiece Theatre's "The Naked Civil Servant"
and also starred in the epic mini-series "I, Claudius." Among
Hurt's most recent stage work was a year-long run on London's West End opposite
Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country."
JAMES WOODS (Michael Kitz) stars this winter as the bigoted murderer
of civil-rights leader Medgar Evers in "The Ghosts of Mississippi,"
Rob Reiner's biographical drama, and he recently received powerful reviews
for his performance in "Killer," produced by Oliver Stone. Woods
also recently completed work on Martin Scorcese's "Kicked in the Head."
His other credits include an Oscar-nominated performance in "Salvador,"
"Nixon," "The Specialist," "The Hard Way,"
"Straight Talk," "Immediate Family," "Diggstown,"
"True Believer," "The Getaway," "The Boost,"
"Best Seller," "The Onion Field," "Joshua, Then
and Now," "The Choirboys," "Cop," "Eyewitness,"
"Against All Odds," "Videodrome," "Once Upon A
Time in America," "Alex and the Gypsy," "Night Moves,"
"The Way We Were" and "The Visitors."
On the small screen, Woods earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best
Actor for the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "Promise"; an
Emmy Award for "My Name is Bill W"; and an American Television
Critics Best Actor Award and the Peabody Award for HBO's "Citizen Cohn."
TOM SKERRITT (David Drumlin) earned an Emmy Award for his work on
"Picket Fences," in which he starred for four seasons. He recently
returned to directing with the cable film "Divided by Hate," in
which he also stars and which will air on the USA Network this fall. Since
debuting on screen in "War Hunt," Skerritt has appeared in more
than 35 films, with some of his most notable performances including starring
roles in "M*A*S*H," "The Turning Point," "Alien,"
"Top Gun," "Steel Magnolias" and "A River Runs
Through It." On television, he has starred in dozens of productions,
including an acclaimed six-episode arc of "Cheers" and made-for-television
movies such as "The China Lake Murders," "The Heist,"
"Red King, White Knight," "Child in the Night" and "Getting
Up and Going Home."
DAVID MORSE (Ted Arroway) starred in this summer's action hit, "The
Rock," and in the thrillers "Extreme Measures" and "The
Long Kiss Goodnight." He starred for director Sean Penn in "The
Crossing Guard" and "The Indian Runner," and his other film
credits include "Twelve Monkeys," "The Getaway," "The
Good Son," "Desperate Hours" and "Inside Moves."
Television viewers know him from his role on "St. Elsewhere."
He appeared on Broadway in "On the Waterfront" and Off-Broadway
in "Waiting for Godot."
WILLIAM FICHTNER (Kent Clark) will be seen this fall in Kevin Spacey's
directorial debut, "Albino Alligator," and in "Going West."
Fichtner's film roles include "The Underneath," "Strange
Days," "Heat" and "Virtuosity." He has a recurring
role on the comedy series "Grace Under Fire" and has appeared
on stage in "The Fiery Furnace," "Raft of Medusa," "The
Balcony Scene" and "Starting Monday."
ROB LOWE (Richard Rank) made his feature-film debut in "The
Outsiders" and has since starred in films including "Class,"
"The Hotel New Hampshire," "St. Elmo's Fire," "About
Last Night," "Masquerade," "Bad Influence," "Wayne's
World," "Frank and Jesse," "Tommy Boy" and "Mulholland
Falls." He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in
"Square Dance." Lowe's notable television projects include the
mini-series "The Stand," an acclaimed production of "Suddenly
Last Summer" for the BBC and two films for Showtime, "On Dangerous
Ground" and "Midnight Man." Recently, he wrote and directed
a short film, "America Untitled," a black comedy produced by Chanticleer
Films for Showtime.
ANGELA BASSETT (Rachel Constantine) received a Golden Globe Award
and an Oscar nomination for her performance as Tina Turner in "What's
Love Got to Do With It" and has since starred in "Waiting to Exhale,"
"Strange Days," "A Vampire in Brooklyn" and "Malcolm
X." After appearing in acclaimed roles on Broadway in "Ma Rainey's
Black Bottom" and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" and in other
theatrical productions such as "Pericles" and "Henry IV,
Part I," Bassett graduated to television work and film roles including
"F/X," "Kindergarten Cop," "Boyz N the Hood"
and "Passion Fish."
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